When building WordPress themes, there is often a need to use a featured thumbnail, or image value from ACF; as either a background image or as a <img> tag. This snippet below is something I use frequently, hopefully this will be as benefit for you too. <?php //Custom image sizes – Add these to your […]
I’ve recently purchased a few cheap DHT22 temperature sensors from Amazon. They work great and use Python to display the data from the sensors. I found I required a way to log the data, so I though why not make this a project!? I have created a simple Web Interface to view logged data: https://github.com/ryanfitton/rpi-temperature-monitor-logging-interface. […]
I’ve been using a few Raspberry Pi Zeros for a while, and whilst they’re great, small, cheap boards they have always lacked a dedicated Ethernet port. I could always attach a USB to Ethernet dongle, which I have done in the past but then it adds more bulk and cost – so I may as […]
The post displays hows to use WordPress Ajax functions to display a field’s value; and automatically refresh the field every 5 seconds. This example also includes examples of how to send an Ajax post to update the field. In this example, each click oft the ‘submit’ button will increase the numerical value stored in the […]
I have published this blog post to help anyone having issues installing Home Assistant (and Docker) in an LXC container running on Ubuntu. When I was installing Home Assistant on my own hardware, I could not find any straight-forward guides detailing how to do this, and Home Assistant’s own documentation does not help with installing […]
If you’re editing a website but only have theme access, and no access to the database, you can temporarily add the code below into your theme ‘front-page.php’ or other theme file to update either: The existing first user’s email address Add a new Administrator user Remember to remove this code when your have finished your […]
Over the past 10 years, I have been able to use free and open source software to benefit my personal and work life, by using Linux I have gained an understanding of what it really is, and how it can be used to make a perfect server or desktop OS. 2010 Starting in 2010 I […]
This post explains how to use the jQuery Lazy library in a WordPress template. By implementing this library into a template manually will give you greater flexibility in terms of which images can be ‘lazy loaded’. A couple of requirements are necessary before using the jQuery Lazy library: Requires at least jQuery 3.4.1 – This […]
During a recent project I found an issue with images being shown very small when viewing a web page in IE10/11, this happened when the page was built in AMP with images being loaded with the AMP-IMG component. E.g. Notice the small image floated right: The project was built with WordPress, and uses the official […]
This is a follow on from my first post which described how I installed multiple CAT6 network cable runs in my house, view here. In this post, I will talk through the equipment which is currently in my network rack for 2019. Firstly, I have upgraded to a larger rack; now a 9U 600x600mm rack. […]